Quetta, Feb 5 (IANS) Mobile internet services in Quetta and some other parts of Pakistan’s Balochistan remained suspended for the sixth day even though the train services have been partially restored. The development comes as the tense security situation eased after counter-terrorism operations were conducted in response to attacks in Balochistan, local media reported on Thursday. Speaking to Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Balochistan Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat said that the mobil…
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Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Pakistani security forces killed 145 people during a 40-hour military operation launched in response to a series of what authorities described as “coordinated” gun and bomb attacks across Balochistan, local media reported, quoting provincial Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces killed 92 “militants” during the operation, while 15 civilians also lost their lives, reported leading Pakistani daily The …
Quetta, Jan 19 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed heavy losses for the Pakistani forces after its fighters carried out a large, coordinated operation in Kharan on January 15 at around 2:30 pm (local time), took control of the city, seized the police station and attacked banks and government buildings, local media reported. The BLF said that over 50 military personnel were killed while dozens others were injured during what they termed as nine hours of fighting. It claimed …
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has accused Pakistan’s military media wing of trying to legitimise enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, terming the Inter-Services Public Relations’ (ISPR) latest press conference a “systematic effort” to justify state repression in Balochistan, local media reported. In a statement, the BYC said that ISPR Director General’s remarks “once again confirmed” that state policies in Balochistan remain unchanged and the state in…
Berlin, Jan 8 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), accused the Pakistani military of defending its incompetence by blaming neighbouring countries for internal failures.The Sindhi leader asserted that such rhetoric by Pakistan’s military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), targeting India and Afghanistan does not reflect the conduct of a responsible state institution but rather exposes a deep psychological insecurity, rooted in decades of failure…
Quetta, Jan 7 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) strongly condemned the Pakistani military over what it described as a “baseless propaganda campaign” against its leadership.This came against the backdrop of BNM’s campaign against Islamabad’s preferential trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) in light of the grave human rights abuses across Balochistan.The rights body alleged that the Pakistani Army is not only directly involved in grave crimes against humani…
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who earlier served as the accountability advisor in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government led by country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was brutally attacked in the United Kingdom, an incident that has left him “bruised and fractured”. A former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), Akbar has been living in exile in the UK since April 2022.”I have been attacked and been in the hospital and with the police. Bruised and fractured …
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is currently under severe criticism for having failed to maintain law and order, leaving the country at the risk of another military takeover of its day-to-day administration. Dhaka is no stranger to Army involvement in governance with several takeovers and attempted coups marking its history, adding up to more than a dozen, since the country attained Independence from Pakistan’s repression in 1971.In Au…